New Chief Justice appointed

ROBERT French broke new ground yesterday with a tribute to the role of indigenous people in Australia’s history as he was sworn in as the nation’s 12th Chief Justice.

“The history of Australia’s indigenous people dwarfs, in its temporal sweep, the history that gave rise to the constitution under which this court was created,” he said. “Our awareness and recognition of that history is becoming, if it has not already become, part of our national identity.”

I just hope he remembers he is charged with interpreting the law for all 21 million Australians not just a few hundred thousand of them.